Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko (Belarusian: Кірыл Дзмітрыевіч Капленка, romanized: Kirył Dzmitryjevič Kaplenka, Russian: Кирилл Дмитриевич Капленко; born 15 June 1999) is a Belarusian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club Baltika Kaliningrad and the Belarus national team.
 Kaplenko with Orenburg in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kirill Dmitriyevich Kaplenko | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Minsk, Belarus | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Baltika Kaliningrad | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dinamo Minsk | |||
| 2013–2014 | BATE Borisov | ||
| 2015–2016 | Krasnodar | ||
| 2017 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | 48 | (0) |
| 2017–2022 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | → Orenburg (loan) | 56 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | Orenburg | 32 | (2) |
| 2024– | Baltika Kaliningrad | 5 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | Russia U20 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Belarus | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||
Club career edit
He made his debut in the Russian Football National League for Zenit-2 St. Petersburg on 22 July 2017 in a game against Tyumen.[1]
He made his Russian Premier League debut for Zenit St. Petersburg on 18 September 2017 in a game against Ufa.[2]
On 21 February 2020 he was loaned to Orenburg.[3] The loan was extended for the 2020–21 season on 30 July 2020.[4] On 14 June 2022, Orenburg bought out his rights from Zenit.[5]
On 9 February 2024, Kaplenko signed a contract with Baltika Kaliningrad until June 2028.[6]
International edit
Kaplenko was born and raised in Belarus. Upon moving to Russia, he acquired Russian citizenship and was called up to the Russia national under-20 football team in September 2018.[7] In fall 2017 he was called up to the Belarus national under-21 football team for the U21 Euro qualifying matches against Czech Republic and Greece, but rejected the invitation, citing his intention to represent Russia.[8] After failing to attract interest from Russian national team, in 2022 Kaplenko accepted the invite from Belarus. He made his debut for the team on 17 November 2022 in a friendly match against Syria.
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of 27 November 2022
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Zenit-2 St. Petersburg | 2016–17 | Russian First League | – | – | – | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | |||||
| 2019–20 | Russian Second League | 16 | 0 | – | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2017–18 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Orenburg | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Russian First League | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 66 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 116 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 123 | 2 | ||
International edit
- As of match played 21 November 2023
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Personal life edit
His older brother Nikita Kaplenko is also a footballer.
References edit
- ^ "Game Report by FNL". Russian Football National League. 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Zenit-Ufa game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Полузащитник Кирилл Капленко на правах аренды переходит в ФК "Оренбург"" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 21 February 2020. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Трансферные новости" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 30 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "Кирилл Капленко - наш!" (in Russian). FC Orenburg. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "ВIТАЕМ, КIРЫЛ!" (in Russian). FC Baltika Kaliningrad. 9 February 2024.
- ^ "Kaplenko profile by Russian Football Union" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Кирилл Капленко не явился в расположение сборной Беларуси U-21 без объяснения причин" [Kirill Kaplenko did not show up for U21 team camp] (in Russian). Tribuna. 28 August 2017.
External links edit
- Profile by Russian Football National League
- Kirill Kaplenko at Soccerway
- Kirill Kaplenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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